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The ship is gone. Two open boats remain, and the shore ahead offers no promise of safety.
John Winterstraw survives the loss of the Glen Carrig, but the sea still stands between him and home. With the other men in two small boats, he faces cold, thirst and the work of staying alive. They row and drift toward a coast that offers little comfort.
In William Hope Hodgson's The Boats of the "Glen Carrig", ordinary dangers slowly give way to something stranger. Low land, eerie trees and thick growth unsettle the sailors' hard-earned knowledge. Winterstraw tells their ordeal in a careful, formal voice, as familiar routines become their strongest defence against a world they cannot understand.
What you’ll discover
- Survival at sea Feel the cold and thirst as the crew struggle to keep their boats moving.
- A shore without comfort Approach strange trees and tangled growth where reaching land brings no easy relief.
- Horror that gathers slowly Watch a plain shipwreck adventure darken as the sailors face dangers beyond their experience.
- The strength of routine Discover how rank, loyalty and shared work help frightened men hold together.
- A solemn sailor's voice Follow Winterstraw's careful account, whose old-fashioned formality gives the nightmare its distinctive weight.
Who will love it
Readers who love sea stories, ghostly dread, and monsters in lonely places will enjoy this book, along with anyone drawn to calm leaders and clever practical solutions.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A silent mudland swallows the lost boats
- A silent brig gives food and dread
- A woman's pages name the Thing
- A spring in the wood shows living horrors
- A great storm drives them into the weed
- An island offers land and a deadly lesson
- A hilltop camp, a signal, and a great bow
- Weed men attack and a kite crosses the weed
- Calm leadership and plain skill beat terror
- The unknown stays unexplained and plainly told
Who’s who
- The narratorA young passenger from the Glen Carrig who tells the tale and finds his own courage as he fights, builds, and watches through the nights.
- The boatswainThe strong, calm commander of the lifeboat who leads by deed, keeps every man busy, and will not leave anyone alone.
- JoshThe eldest apprentice, who commands the second boat and helps the boatswain search, guard, and sort the food.
- GeorgeThe youngest apprentice, curious and eager, whose discoveries bring both warning and danger to the group.
- JobA young ordinary seaman who first sights the island and is left to guard the boat.
- JessopA resourceful seaman who suggests a kite and builds one that flies without a tail.
- The big seamanA powerful sailor armed with a cutlass who stands watch beside the narrator and fights on the hilltop.
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Los botes del Glen Carrig
by William Hope Hodgson · 1907
Two lifeboats row into a silent mudland where something sobs at dusk and growls all night.
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Picture five days in an open boat with no land in sight. The men have little food and no weapons beyond knives.
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A silent mudland swallows the lost boats
On the sixth morning the survivors of the Glen Carrig reach a flat, empty coast. The boatswain leads one boat, and Josh, the eldest apprentice, leads the other, where the narrator sits. They find a creek and row upstream between banks of vile mud.
At sunset a low sobbing note rises far inland. It comes again from the right, then from up the creek, then from the sea side. The narrator blames the wind, although the air is perfectly still. Every man listens as if to the weeping of lost souls.
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Hodgson, William Hope. The Boats of the "Glen Carrig". Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-boats-of-the-glen-carrig.
Hodgson, W. H. (2026). The boats of the "Glen Carrig". Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-boats-of-the-glen-carrig (Original work published 1907)
Hodgson, William Hope. The Boats of the "Glen Carrig". Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-boats-of-the-glen-carrig.
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What is The Boats of the Glen Carrig about?
It follows survivors of a foundered ship in two lifeboats as they land on a silent coast, flee haunted trees, cross a storm and a weed-choked sea, and fight creatures on an island, led by a calm boatswain.
Who is the boatswain in The Boats of the Glen Carrig?
He is the strong, calm commander of the main lifeboat. He keeps order, shares tasks, tends wounds, and invents practical fixes, from distilling water to repairing the boat, and the narrator comes to trust him.
What are the weed men in the book?
They are white, slug-like creatures with beaked faces and tentacle clusters, living in a vast continent of weed. The book never fully explains their origin, and they fear fire, which is the crew's main defense.
The author
William Hope Hodgson
1877–1918 · English horror and fantasy writer
William Hope Hodgson (1877–1918) was a British writer born in Essex, England. He worked as a sailor before becoming a writer. His novels include The House on the Borderland (1908) and The Night Land (1912). He served in the British Army and was killed in France during the First World War.
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